Today's One-Track mind features multiple versions of Antonio Carlos Jobim's classic song, Águas de Março (Waters of March). Composed in 1972, it has become one of the most important and beautiful songs to come out of Brasil. Jobim wrote the English version of the song, though not a direct translation of the Portugese lyrics. Here's a comparison of the two versions.

We didn't have time during the show to play all versions (43 and counting), but for those hardcore fans, here they are:

aguasdemarco1.zip

aguasdemarco2.zip

aguasdemarco3.zip

aguasdemarco4.zip

Last but least, here's where you can find a link to the show and see the playlist.

Labels: music, One-Track Mind

We continue our postings featuring music that we can't play on the radio. This time it's The Frogs, a couple of brothers from Milwaukee. Their sound is very unique: folk/rock and very low-fi. The songs seem to be all improvised. Most importantly, they are the epitome of political incorrectness, with songs about homosexuality, racism, drug use, religion, sexual deviance, and anything else that pops into their heads. If you're not easily offended, it's also hilarious.

For your amusement, here's their album My Daughter, The Broad (72mb zip). We have others from them. Leave a comment if you want more.

Labels: music, Radio-unfriendly

We continue to seek out Blaintastic tracks and found this great one from 1966.

From All Music Guide:
The real way to gain an appreciation for Blaine's Hall-of-Fame-caliber abilities is to hear him as a session man, and not on his occasional recordings as a solo artist. This instrumental album is something of a novelty rather than a serious attempt to build solo credentials. It consists almost entirely of cover versions of well-known rock hits from the late 1950s through the mid-1960s, with live "party" noises dubbed on to simulate a concert recording (although it was cut in the studio). Still, it's better than might be expected considering its frivolity, with a bunch of top fellow Hollywood session musicians providing pretty energetic support, particularly in the surf-ish guitars. Producers P.F. Sloan and Steve Barri take the writing credits for "Drums a Go Go," although in fact it's built around the main riff of the Kinks' "All Day and All of the Night." The CD reissue adds three bonus tracks from the 1967 album Have Fun!! Play Drums!!, as well as the 1966 non-LP single "Bang Bang Rhythm."

Want it? Get it here.

Labels: music

Amazing French turntable quartet.

Labels: music, video

In the past, we've used a lot of Perez Prado and various production music tracks for our background music. This week, we tried something from a guy named Hal Blaine called Psychedelic Percussion. Very trippy and wonderful! Hal was a studio drummer that played on several thousand LP's over the years.

For your listening pleasure, download this really cool album here.

Next week, some different stuff from Hal Blaine.

Labels: music